His Beloved Fireplace (薪ストーブを愛する彼の話) by ポッケにコペポーダ

Hange, Levi, and a cottage in the woods. Part 1 of a 2-part series. [AU]

[Part 2]

Shingeki no Kyojin・Levi/Hange・9 pages・G

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When The Bush Warblers Sang (うぐいすが鳴いた日) by ポッケにコペポーダ

Hange wants Levi to cut her hair. Part 2 of a 2-part series. [AU]

[Part 1]

Shingeki no Kyojin・Levi/Hange・19 pages・G

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My personal headcanon 💚💜

Every pairing explained here is from the official sets sold together here: 💜💚

[Levi as Judgement]:

According to Tarot, The Judgement card represents some kind of prosecutor that decides whether someone else had sinned, and delivers punishment as seen fit. It can also mean that one's life comes to an important decision period, where they're asked to take action accordingly.

[Hange as The Lovers]:

Hange's Lover card represents partnership and cooperation between two individuals, as well as the general meaning and embodiment of love in itself. The lover card also represents shared values between lovers, temptation of the heart, as well as give and take between two lovers.

[Judgement + The Lovers]:

When combined, the two cards read as if there's an important decision to be taken in accordance to a matter of the heart. It usually represents two lovers coming to decide whether to take a step forward together or choose a separate path. It represents two lovers who are met with a difficult decision, usually one where they would let their hearts come together and choose a life alongside each other. While the other path is the one where they must separate, usually due to differences in careers or duties. Despite it all it represents two people who love each other making a judgement on where they take their relationship. Which makes a lot of sense when looking at Levi and Hange's relationship. Given how long they've known each other, always being seen as a half of the other, it was only time for them to gain feelings towards the other. Not to mention the forest scene when they both decided to put their feelings behind for the sake of humanity, although both wished nothing more than to be together.

Also, note how both cards have the same angel calling judgement upon the humans depicted. Almost as if being burdened by the same judgement and fate.

[Ymir and the Magician:]

Ymir is represented as the Magician. The magician represents manifesting one's own ending with their will, making what they desire something to strive for no matter what.

[Annie and Strength]:

Annie represents Strength, attributing to both mental and emotional strength. Where in order to be achieve what one wants, they have to face their fears to overcome any obstacles in their way.

[Magician + Strenght]:

When combined, they represent how one is in charge of their own stories in the end. If put in enough energy and you face your fears, nothing can stand in your way of what you wish to accomplish. Similar how we saw these two characters have the strongest personalities in the show, but both had demons to fight to get to their desired paths. But neither gave up and instead pushed on, pushing for the ideal end they wanted.

[Berthold as the Hermit]:

The Hermit represents a time or period of self reflection. When one looks introspectively at themselves and tries to answer their inner turmoil and take the time to answer their inner selves.

[Reiner as the Chariot]:

The Chariot represents sheer will to push forward. To push yourself through willpower and strength. One cannot stay still if one wants to achieve something.

[Hermit + Chariot]:

When put together, it means that after reflecting and figuring out what they want, they gain a new insight about themselves and embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth. In the show and manga, we saw how these two were given a task as soldiers, but lost themselves when getting close to their enemies, making them take a step back and question their true purpose. But after finally reflecting and figuring out where they stood, they grew to think on their own, forging their own paths.

[Sasha as the Sun]:

The sun represents happiness and fortune to come. It also symbolizes a time where everything comes to fruition and comes together to aid in your destined path. "It represents the universe coming together and agreeing with your path and aiding forward movement into something greater (Wiki)."

[Connie as the Star]:

The Star symbolizes newfound hope. New realization and hope which leads one away from the darkness and into a bright future ahead.

[The Sun + The Star]:

When combined, it dictates the moment of darkness and unknown being gone. A bright and illuminated future opening up before one as it gives newfound hope, where success is on the horizon. If we place Sasha and Connie together, it might present how Sasha was always the bright one in the friend group, bringing hope and happiness. After she died, it seemed that it was the moment everyone's goals finally aligned, and the beginning of the ending came to be. It also affected Connie as although he lost his best friend, he realized her death opened up a future that was as bright as her, where their goals would finally bear fruit, and that her death wasn't for vein.

[Jean as the Fool]:

The Fool is a card that talks about taking a leap of faith. Not knowing the outcomes nor the chances of something happening, yet still having faith that something would work out. It can be a foolish antic, but sometimes the leap of faith is what you need to get to the end of the road as you put your faith into the universe and the future.

[Historia as the Empress]:

The Empress represents maternity, familial bonds and creation of life. Further analysis show that the Empress also is the card that is open to changes, and welcomes them.

[The Fool = The Empress]:

Together they formulate this notion that letting go of things and ideas that are old might be the right path to take. It might be foolish as to put full trust into something one can't fully predict, but being innovative and taking the chances can sometimes be the solution. Jean is known to be a fool of himself from time to time, and while full of himself, he is always willing to jump into the unknown if there's a chance to help his friends. And for Historia, although she's also given birth to a real baby, she's usually the one in the friend group who comes up with innovative and out of the box solutions.

[Erwin as the Hierophant]:

The Hierophant is a card representing an older souled figure, a teacher or mentor of some sort. Someone who has extremely well formulated knowledge and is there to guide and teach others.

[Armin as the Wheel of Fortune]:

The Wheel of fortune when looked upright and in reverse can depict different meanings. When upright it can mean good luck and fortune to come, where the universe is on your side. Downright can mean misfortune and lack of support. It shows how turbulent and unreliable life can be, and that you can't rely on luck to follow through.

[The Hierophant + Wheel of Fortune]:

In combination, it tells the individual to go after their desires instead of sitting and waiting for luck to come. Together it shows that one needs to know and stand firmly with what they believe in, and despite times of turmoil as life is never set in stone, one can push to the finish line if they strongly hold to their believes. Similar to how Erwin held onto his belief that his father had been right about humanity being outside the walls, despite what he'd been told he pushed forward to uncover the truth. And in turn, influencing Armin who also had the same vision of a life outside the confinements of the walls. Because they both pushed through, keeping true to their core believes, they managed to be the voice that carried them to the end.

[Eren as the World]:

The World is the last card in the deck. It represents endings to a cycle in life where one comes to terms and becomes one with the universe. It's the last event before everything filters back into the universe, and starts once more with the Fool- the first of the deck. "It is also said to represent cosmic consciousness; the potential of perfect union with the One Power of the universe (Wiki)."

[Mikasa as Justice]:

Justice as its name says, it's the fairest decision one can make at a certain time for a situation. The decision cannot and will not be changed as fairness is the right answer. It's also depicted as a figure holding up two swords, ready to strike in the name of fairness.

[The World + Justice]:

When put together it represents completion, as well as full awareness and fully coming to control one's thoughts and emotions. Romantically it can be seen as coming to terms that the relationship had run its course, as well as seeing it as it is and understanding that it's at its last stage. It's the end, but because it IS the end, it means there's a beginning somewhere else- with someone else. When looking at it from the Eremika perspective, we all saw how despite being in love with each other, their relationship was always doomed to be a failure. Mikasa was also the one who cut the final string holding them together, understanding that whatever they had wasn't meant to be. It's also interesting to see how Jean is depicted as the Fool, the first of the deck when The World, which is Eren is the last. Meaning that after Eren, Mikasa's true happiness was the next stage, which is Jean.

Final thoughts:

So this took me about 4 hours to write and put together. But I really hope you guys enjoy reading through it and are as surprised as I am about the accuracy of the tarot cards and the characters they represent. An immense amount of thought had gone into the creation of this set, and I cannot for the life of me get rid of the chills that cover me as to how perfect the tarots fit each character and their personality/situation. I also want to point out that based on this, it does seem very obvious that Eren and Mikasa, and Levi and Hange were meant to be couples. Their tragic love stories match up exactly to what the tarot combination imply, and I think that's beautiful as it is tragic.

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there’s no one after us now, levi…..

ᶠᵃᵏᵉ 𝐄𝐃 Visuals『 驚異の子 』

Akuma no Ko → Kyōi no Ko 

I was joking with my friend that if Zeke gets his own ED it’s going to be Boy Wonder lol

Oh beautiful

Levi and Armin’s intelligence, and how they relate:

I think the four most intelligent characters in Attack on Titan are, in no particular order, Erwin, Hange, Armin, and Levi.  I know some might dispute Levi being on this list, but I’ll explain why I think so as I go through each of their unique, intellectual abilities.  I want particularly to focus on how Armin’s and Levi’s respective intelligence’ relates to one another too.

Erwin is obviously the most strategically brilliant and visionary character in SnK.  His ability to assess situations and know the right and necessary moves to make in order to advance is unparalleled, as is his ability to see the benefits beyond tangible, achievable goals.  He also knows better than anyone what needs to be said in order to spur people on into action, to get them to commit and act, even when it goes against their own survival instinct.  He knows what it is that appeals to people in terms of finding meaning in their lives.

Hange is clearly the most scientifically intelligent character in the story, and the SC’s success was directly bound up in Hange’s ability to think outside of the immediate, knee-jerk reaction of horror at the titans that most had, with their desire to better understand them and what they were.  It’s Hange who first considers with seriousness that the titans are human, and that completely changes the way the SC approaches the problem of them.  Also their ability to think up and develop new technology is what allowed the SC to fight back against the Armored Titan, and to later have as much success as they did in their attack on Liberio. 

Armin’s intelligence lies in, I think, his wisdom.  Yes, he’s also very strategically brilliant, most especially when it comes to putting two and two together, and working out what’s going on beyond the apparent surface.  But his true strength lies in the fact that he isn’t deluded about the harsh, ugly reality of the world, he fully accepts it, and yet even in that understanding and acceptance, he still finds meaning and reason in living, still finds beauty in life and its small, precious moments.  He isn’t naively optimistic, he’s just optimistic, because of that wisdom, in understanding you don’t need some grand purpose or meaning in your life to make your life worthwhile. 

And that leads directly into Levi’s intelligence.  Where Armin’s intelligence is in his wisdom, Levi is probably the series’ most emotionally intelligent character.  He understands people, and human nature, more than any other character in the series.  That’s part of why he’s so compassionate and kind, because he understands and is able to empathize with what other people are thinking and feeling, which is a large part of the reason he made the choice he did in Shinganshina, choosing to revive Armin over Erwin.  Because Levi recognized that wisdom and unique ability in Armin.  That Armin understood and accepted the harsh reality of the world, that he accepted, while talking with Eren and Mikasa, that they could never go back to a better, more innocent time like before the titans broke through the walls, yet still he maintained an innocent ability to appreciate life and find beauty and meaning in it, to find something worth living for in something even as simple as seeing the ocean.  It was that kind of hope that humanity needed in order to continue on and have a fighting chance at a real future.  Not a hope based in ignorance or naivety, but a hope based in accepting the cruelty of life, but still finding it worth while anyway.

This in many ways parallels Levi’s own view of the world and of life.  Levi also understands and accepts the harsh reality of things, understands that violence and war and cruelty are a part of the human condition, that life itself is predicated on violence and death, but he’s still, despite this understanding and acceptance, able to believe that life is precious and worth fighting for.  Maybe directly because he understands how fragile it is, how quickly and easily it can be taken away.  It makes him the opposite of a nihilist, just like Armin.  The both of them don’t shy away from or deny the darker aspects of the human condition, but neither do they allow that acknowledgement and acceptance to sully their belief in the value of life.

We see Levi’s emotional intelligence manifest directly as his compassion and empathy, in how keenly aware he is of the emotions of others.  It shows in him knowing when those around him need a break, when they could do with an expression of gratitude, when they need support or encouragement, or some kind of comfort.   And that’s what really makes Levi humanities strongest soldier, and why his comrades believe in and trust in him as much as they do.  They know that he’ll carry on shouldering the burden of their hopes and dreams, no matter what, because he understands those hopes and dreams, because he understands them and what they were fighting for.

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